B1408 crash in Colchester on 15 December 1992 at 17:05 involving a Nissan Cabstar van
A Nissan Cabstar van and a Honda motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B1408 in Colchester at 17:05 on Tuesday 15 December 1992. The 32-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Dec 1992
- Tuesday, 17:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Cabstar and Honda
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.88013, longitude 0.79653, in the CO6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Copford.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 19924200E1108
- Council area
- Colchester
- Police force
- Essex
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1408
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 June 1995.
Slight
Morris Marina crash on the B1408 in Colchester, 20 June 1995
At the same spotRef 19954200E0299
Slight
Renault Trafic crash on the B1408 in Colchester, 16 March 1994
At the same spotRef 19944200E0242
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B1408 in Colchester, 3 August 1993
At the same spotRef 19934200E0623
Serious
Yamaha Ybr 125 crash on the B1408 in Colchester, 7 February 2019
6 m awayRef 2019420813997
Slight
Alfa Romeo Giulietta crash on the B1408 in Colchester, 9 June 2023
7 m awayRef 2023421316932
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B1408 in Colchester, 22 September 1992
10 m awayRef 19924200E0834
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Cabstar
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,289 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Honda
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 32, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda)
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 19924200E1108 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Colchester road accident statistics for 1992.